Singapore's vaccine rap goes viral

All around the world, governments are asking people to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Singapore's government is trying something unusual. It has shared a funny music video which gives information about the vaccine.

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The star of the video is Phua Chu Kang. Phua is a character from a Singapore TV show. He raps the song in the language Singlish. Singlish is a mix of English and other languages.

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Phua is played by the actor Gurmit Singh. In the video, Phua tells his worried wife to get the vaccine. He explains that the vaccine isn't dangerous.

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The video is on the Singapore government website. Medical information about the vaccine is also on the website.

This is not the first time that Phua has made a funny song. He made another one at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. But this new video has become popular all over the world.

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Singapore politician Tan Chuan-Jin wrote about Phua's song on Twitter. He said the government will keep playing the video until everyone gets the vaccine. Weniger anzeigen